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captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 e- mail: comments@captioncolorado.com ♪ [music] ♪ well, dad, you've kept that promise both literally and figuratively to be your brother's keeper. now it's time for to you rest in peace. may your spirit live forever in our hearts. as you challenged us so many times before, may your dream for a better, more just america never die. i love you, dad and you will always live in my heart forever. >> i love you, dad. i always will, and i miss you already. [ applause ]

>> reporter: ted kennedy, jr. and patrick kennedy shared their thoughts about their father in massachusetts today. friends, family, and colleagues celebrated the senator for the good he did and the dream he kept alive. good evening. i'm sherrie johnson. after a moving funeral in his home state of massachusetts, senator kennedy was eulogized on capitol hill and laid to rest alongside his brothers john and robert at arlington national cemetery. har's abc's viviana hurtado. ♪ [music] ♪ >> reporter: senator edward kennedy was honored by the army for his service before being laid to rest at arlington national cemetery near his slain brothers john and robert. people lined the streets of washington to bid farewell while former staffers gathered at the capitol where he worked for nearly 50 years on sweeping social legislation including the civil rights act.

his family became one of the most powerful political dynasties in history. president obama called senator kennedy the greatest legislator of our time. >> was given the gift of time that his brothers were not. he used that gift to touch as many lives and right as many wrongs as the years would allow. >> reporter: he told his son after losing his leg to cancer to never give up. >> i said, i'll never be able to climb up that hill. and he said, i know you can do it. there is nothing that you can't do. we're gonna climb that hill together. even if it takes us all day. sure enough, he held me around my waist and we slowly made it to the top.

>> reporter: saturday's events mark the four days of private and public mourning for senator kennedy remembered as the staunchest of liberals who could cut deals as opponent and devoted family man. authorities call it one of the worst cases of animal cruelty and hoarding. 21 dogs were rescued. the home was in terrible condition with fee sees piledp a couple of feet high. several years ago, neighbors say they he took it upon themselves to clean up this family's act. >> at one time, we had gotten trapped cats. it was 70-something cats we had trapped between a couple of the neighbors. it was like this for as long as i could remember. >> reporter: we have learned the home in orchard beach is

owned by janet taylor. no charges have been filed. the dogs are recovering at the animal control center until they are healthy enough for adoption. for more information about how you can donate or adopt any of the dogs, head to our web site at abc2news.com. that's been an increase in the number of bats flying around the city of baltimore. so far, more than 100 people have reported having the animals inside their home hes. >> bats are inquisitive, and what they'll do is find any crack, any chink in your home and no matter where it goes. they'll be flying along and feel cool air through a crack because there's air conditioning inside. cool air reminds them of caves, et cetera, and they'll try to go right to that small crack. >> reporter: five of the bats captured inside city homes have tested positive for rabies. animal control officers say if you found a bat in your home, do not touch it and call 311

immediately. now to a developing story out of georgia, police found seven people dead and two seriously hurt in brunswick. police found the victims while responding to a 911 call this morning. officers would not say how the victims died. last year, he survived a plane crash that killed four people but tonight celebrity disk jockey deejay a.m. is dead. investigators say drug paraphernalia was found in the apartment. the circumstances surrounding his death are unclear. he performed at hollywood's most exclusive party and dated nicole richie and mandy moore. he was just 36 years old. police in california have expanded the crime scene to not only the man's home who was accused of kidnapping a girl 18 years ago but their neighbor's home. they want to see if he's linked

to other cases in the area including the unsolved murders of prostitutes. phillip and nancy garrido are accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard. dugard has two daughters with garrido. a wildfire is inching closer to a community in los angeles. the huge fire knocked out power to more than 150 homes. people have been told to leave their homes as the fire continues to burn in the san great britainial mountains. crews hope to keep the flames from spreading to nearby mount wilson where the observatories are located. three people have been hurt. this weekend has been another washout along the east coast thanks to the remnants of tropical storm danny. the storm brought heavy rain and dangerous rip currents from the carolinas to new england. large waves kept most people out of the water at beach as long the new jersey shore. witnesses recorded waves as high as 8 feet.

wave heights are expected to return to normal by tomorrow. it's the second weekend the atlantic was hit by a tropical storm system. a storm blew quickly through our area tonight bringing lightning and heavy rain. in baltimore county, police had to shut down one lane of 695 because of the clogged storm drains. meteorologist susan "shrek" is here with us now with the first forecast. >> thanks a lot. good evening, everyone. we had a couple of thunderstorms rumbling through. most of you are saying i didn't hear any. you can see they are very select. when they hit, they did create problems. as far as the rain oments, towson so you half an inch, and now it's moving towards the eastern shore. so heavy rain at times. for the rest of the tonight, mostly cloudy. maybe a few showers left over.

we'll talk more about the forecast coming up. taking all of the right step hes toward success. it's been on maryland's persistently dangerous list and lots of hard work from students and staff, the school has been designated as safe. the principal says she's happy the school was shown in a polite. >> today, we have met the guidelines based on the state and identified per sittantly as safe but guess what? we've always been persist antley safe here at w.e.b. dubois school. >> the principal says students now have more options to get the most out of the high school experience. they have evening closes, mentoring programs plus a.p. classes have been added to the school's curriculum. two winning tickets were sold in the many egg ga millions jack pout. the tickets match the winning numbers for an estimated $333

million. the other in california. there were nine $10,000 winning tickets sold right here in maryland. it was also a winner the state. the jackpot now goes down to $1 million for tuesday's drawing. another maryland bank is forced to close its doors. what bradford bank closing means to are customers. and in these tough economic times, an old trend becomes new again. we'll explain. plus, fans may pay tribute to the king of pop on his birthday. hey i'm worried about mrs. lowenberg next door. why? i don't know she's wandering around the lobby, yammering about fios tv, internet and phone all for $79.99 a month. she seems crazy. actually, fios customers get that price for six months. it's like getting three services for the price of two. so am i the one that's crazy?

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. a second baltimore area bank has failed. bradford bank has been shut down by federal regulators. the barch was given two weeks to sell or be taken over. all nine branches have reopened today at m & t banks. both m & t and fdic will share the losses on about $338 million worth of bradford's loans and other assets. customers should not be affected or even notice a change. bradford becomes the second maryland bank to fail in these tough times behind crofton bank suburban federal savings. in these tough times it's not just businesses that are suffering but counties taking hits as well. officials announced a soarries of budget cuts. the cuts include a hiring freeze and eliminating 107 vacant positions. the county hopes to save $2 million from the hiring freeze and another 15 million over the next three years by renegotiating health care contracts. as kids, we're all told to share. in these tough times, adults

are being reminded it has real benefits. as more and more of us search for ways to save, an old trend known as neighbor sharing is becoming new again. joce sterman explains. >> reporter: ike carter enjoys his beautiful yard but to keep it looking lush, she needs to access spencive equipment'd rather not buy. he's come up with a clever solution. >> we always get together and we'll split the costs between three, four, maybe even five families. >> reporter: sharing is the key to savings. and a number of people these days. >> they have become increasingly tough for us. >> reporter: even though neighbor sharing is gaining popularity. it's a new trend according to sociologists. >> reporter: from books to barbecue grills to cameras and cake pans. the stuff being shared runs the gamut. >> we see bicycles being

shared. the computer software, used in the daily life. we're now seeing it being made available. >> reporter: they chipped in for a wood chipper. yard equipment is ideal for sharing. >> we see increasing neighborhood in networking where people share lawn mowers. >> reporter: even though it's searching and he sees even bigger benefits. >> they are more social than economic. >> it gives us a sense of america as a place where we look out for each other and learn to survive together. >> we all like to help each other as much as we can even with the small things. >> reporter: joce sterman, abc 2 news. >> if you are interested in sharing with your neighbors, the best way to get started is by spreading the word either with fliers or just talking with people on your street.

i'll tell you, susan, you blink around here and the weather changes. at first this afternoon, it was nice that the sun even came out. then what happens? later tonight? >> we had an ominous start to the day and then we had the sun shane and everybody got happy. when that sunshine does makes the atmosphere unstable. any thunderstorm can make it pop. that's what happened tonight. a lot of people are watching tonight saying i didn't see anything. >> right. >> that's because it was very localized as to where it dropped. so right now, you can see the wet streets out there. the wind is light out of the north-northwest at 3 miles per hour. there's your conditions for the bay. high tide at 3:21 in the afternoon. low tide in the morning and winds are out of the northwest 5 to 10. they are going to get stronger in the afternoon, gusting as

high as 25. taking a look, yeah, we'll look at maryland's most powerful radar here. you can see the storms develop out of nowhere, bubbled up, move add cross the region right now heading over towards the eastern shore. these were very localized. most of them didn't see them but where they did drop a heavy amount of rain. towson saw more than .6 of an inch. more than that, manassas burtonville thought we haven't started registering them on the eastern shore for the most part. they were seeing reports from a half inch to .6 as well. that happened in a short amount of time. taking a look at the satellite radar, this is what was left of tropical storm danny around noontime. and it just sort of dissipated, fell apart. it's up off the coast of maine right now. it's not causing any problems to anyone except folk as long

the coast. winds are at 35 miles per hour again up along the coast of maine and beyond in the next couple of hours. so really not causing any problems except for folk as long the coast, anyone trying to enjoy the weather along the beach. ing see around ocean city, maryland's coastline, very large waves, 4 to 6 feet along the coast and very dangerous rip currents will occur for another day or so. then things should start to calm down a bit. taking a look at the wider picture, there's danny. what we have to worry about tonight is the cold front. you can see that stripe of shower activity and storms. that passes through in the overnight hours. then things get infinitely better for us weather-wise as we head into the next couple of days. for example, that front comes thousand and stalls out, cooler drier air's behind it. normally when the fronts stall out it's right over top of us and things get unsettled. it will stall out well to the south and east of us along the coastline. so all that rain and stormy

activity is confined to the south and east of us. so we are going to be in the cheer so to speak looking at very nice weather. tonight, 64 degrees, mostly cloudy. a couple of leftover showers shouldn't be a big deal. for tomorrow, 83 degrees, partly sunny. a lot less humid. we will feel drier. as we head into the next seven days, 74 degrees for monday. these are highs for tuesday. it certainly will feel very terrible, a lot better. as the early part of next week, we may see a stray shower or two happen on wednesday afternoon. beunderthat we get warmer towards the end of the week. the ravens starter $what they had to do in the third preseason game. the offense moved the ball up and down the field with very few problems.

joe flacco, ray rice both had big games. the final score ravens 17 and the panthers 13. on the college football scene, rob ambrose returned to his alma mater as head coach, towson university. we take a behind the scenes look at practice. >> reporter: towson university is looking for big things this year. they got a new head coach and new attitude. ♪ [music] ♪ >> we're looking for hard work, effort, discipline. >> blitzing perfect there. he's gonna step at you and back off. pay attention, back. easy, easy, easy. >> be smart, okay? going to have a lot of people yelling at us, you know? >> testimonymy, timmy, timmy.

>> i love it. a lot different from last year. a whole new atmosphere. i think the team has a lot more respect. i mean it's definitely a lot more exciting to be a tough football player. [whistlele blows ] >> coach stresses being a family, you know? coming together. these are your brothers. you rely on your brothers. the fact that we really emphasized family, we stayed tight and everybody's watching each other's backs and translated on to the field. >> i expect them to compete and play harder and play for 60 minutes. i liked the chemistry that they are developing. they are finally starting to understand the true meaning of family, good and bad. it ain't pretty but at least it's real.

♪ [music] ♪ >> form are designated hitter harold baynes was elected to the orioles hall of fame before tonight's game. the native of st. michaels, maryland were very surprised. >> when i got the call, returned it. they said that they wanted to put me in the orioles hall of fame. i said you must be kidding. i think i played there seven years. i didn't think i would get there at least 15 years to get an honor like that. it's very special and i'm appreciative of it. >> right now, scheestled leading the orioles in a game 4- 3. starting in september, you can catch the o's at the yard for one dollar. the team will offer fans $1 for most of the remaining games

except again the red sox. this is the same pro notion at the end -- promotion ea at the end of the season last year. it was part of b-more hoops.com. organizers offered free school supply and free food to kids. many of the top youth high schoolboys and girls all-star basketball players hit the court for six days. they were created to promote youth basketball activities in baltimore. celebrations are going on around the world for michael jackson's birthday. find out how director spike lee honored the late king of pop.

. on what would have been the 51st birthday of michael jackson, thousands of his fans marked the anniversary by

dancing. they danced for a celebration hosted by spike lee. lee conducted two videos in 1996 and loved his talent. >> mike influenced all aspects of music, so it's evidence, you know, touched by the many testimonials of people in the hip-hop world who spoke with the heart felt feeling after michael's death. >> jackson fans also danced in the streets of paris and looks like they were having a lot of fun. the celebrations included a choreographed dance by a flash mob organized by the fans. a live look at the inner harbor. susan will be back with a final forecast up next. your pet makes lots of friends.

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way. now crews set up in columbia for the free one-day music festival. this year's headliners include groups like wheezer and blink 182. they wrap up at 11:00 p.m. tomorrow night. the best days of summer are back. the maryland state fair's in full swing. food, rides, entertainment, you name it, it's all on the fair grounds in timonium. the fairs open from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on the webbed. for more, go to abc2news.com. all right. that looks like fun. >> yeah. >> always good food, too. >> and very nice weather for it. so you don't have to carry an umbrella around. maybe by wednesday but tomorrow, things look great, 83 degrees. it will be less humid. by monday, you won't know what hit you. cooler, drier air, high of 74. high of 73 by tuesday. yeah, it will be september.

>> nice. >> can you believe it? >> 76 by wednesday. we could see a couple of thunderstorms coming into the forecast wednesday afternoon and evening. thursday and friday, cee creep back up towards normal. still, going to be a cold week in general so mostly dry. >> nice to see the 70s. cooling done a little bit. that's all for abc 2 news at 11:00. thanks for joining us. have a great evening. thanks for choosing abc 2 news at 11:00. go online for more news now at abc2news.com. abc 2 works for you.

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